Family:GRAMINEAE
Weed description
It is very hardly, much branched, leafy grass with numerous stems below and above soil. The aerial branches are either ascending or prostrate and rooting at the nodes. They grow to a length of 1-2 feet, or more and form thick patches. Leaves are 1 – 3 inches long in two rows, narrow and pointed. The lower part of the leaf, viz., the sheath is tightly clasping the stem.Flowers are very minute and inconspicuous
CONTROL
- The most common remedy suggested is digging out the patches of the grass by means of crow-bars
- Post emergence application of quizalofop ethyl @ 60 g ai/ha during crop growth stage
- Intercultural operations reduce the incidence of the weed in tobacco
- Hand weeding with sickles to remove the stems completely in affected area